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If you could change one rule at Montgomery Blair High, what would it be?
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Enrollment
3,266
High
DISTRICT 2,003 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000877
Montgomery Blair High
51 University Blvd E, Silver Spring, MD 20901 · (240) 740-7200 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,266 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Maryland public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
199 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
1,425 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 932 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 882 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 748 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 704 | 22% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
65.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
14.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 14.4% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 10.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Montgomery Blair High
Montgomery Blair High's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Blair High this school | 3,266 | 43.6% | 36.4% |
| Seneca Valley High Germantown | 2,409 | 49.2% | 32.3% |
| Quince Orchard High Gaithersburg | 2,100 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
| Albert Einstein High Kensington | 1,991 | 42.4% | 35.7% |
| Col. Zadok Magruder High Rockville | 1,671 | 48.2% | 35.5% |
| Tuscarora High Frederick | 1,735 | 48.7% | 31.5% |
Matched among Maryland high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Montgomery Blair High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #97 of 203 | #14 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #67 of 206 ▲ 103 | #7 of 25 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #84 of 206 ▲ 16 | #12 of 25 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,266 | #1 of 234 | #1 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #109 of 210 | #15 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #11 of 211 | #4 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.6% | #132 of 212 | #12 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #91 of 131 | #10 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
3,266
+46 (+1%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 2,069
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 3,266 | 198.8 | 16.4:1 | 44% (1,425) |
| 2023-24 | 3,261 | 195.2 | 16.7:1 | 43% (1,391) |
| 2022-23 | 3,204 | 192.6 | 16.6:1 | 49% (1,557) |
| 2020-21 | 3,220 | 191 | 16.9:1 | 39% (1,255) |
| 2017-18 | 3,083 | 184.6 | 16.7:1 | 36% (1,111) |
| 2015-16 | 2,882 | 166 | 17.4:1 | 36% (1,045) |
| 2010-11 | 2,827 | 161 | 17.6:1 | 34% (969) |
| 2000-01 | 2,937 | 187 | 15.7:1 | 21% (612) |
| 1990-91 | 2,069 | 137 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montgomery Blair High.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (3,083 to 3,266); teachers up 8% (184.6 to 198.8).
About Montgomery Blair High
Montgomery Blair High is a large high school with an address in Silver Spring, Maryland. Enrollment stands at 3,266 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That is 176% bigger than the average of about 1,185 students for high schools in Maryland.
Montgomery County Public Schools, which runs Montgomery Blair High, has 208 schools and 159,181 students.
The largest group at Montgomery Blair High is Hispanic students, at 38%. Other students are 25% Black, 22% White, 10% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 21% Hispanic share among all Montgomery County residents. The diversity index for Montgomery Blair High is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 198.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.4:1. Compared with the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 44%.
Among Maryland public high schools, Montgomery Blair High outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Montgomery Blair High would score about 48.4%. It scores 36.4%, 12.1 points below that figure.
In Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 211, with about 159,181 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Montgomery Blair High from the closest public school, Pine Crest Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.2%; Montgomery Blair High's is 36.4%, ranking 7th of 8.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 3,220 in 2020-21, 3,266 in 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
- Richard Montgomery HighHigh · 2,366 students
Other schools in Silver Spring
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- James Hubert Blake HighHigh · 1,960 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Springbrook HighHigh · 1,838 students
- Takoma Park MiddleMiddle · 1,177 students
- Silver Spring International MiddleMiddle · 1,015 students
Nearby schools
- Pine Crest Elementary0.4 mi · 493
- Eastern Middle0.7 mi · 963
- Highland View Elementary0.9 mi · 334
- Oak View Elementary1.0 mi · 423
- Forest Knolls Elementary1.2 mi · 472
- Roscoe R Nix Elementary1.2 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Montgomery Blair HighHow large is Montgomery Blair High?
Montgomery Blair High enrolls approximately 3,266 students in grades 09-12.
Is Montgomery Blair High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Montgomery Blair High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Montgomery Blair High have?
Montgomery Blair High employs 199 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Montgomery Blair High?
At Montgomery Blair High, the student body is approximately 22% White, 38% Hispanic, 25% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Montgomery Blair High in?
Montgomery Blair High is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
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